BARK (BARK) Competitors

Qurate Retail (NASDAQ:QRTEB) and BARK (NYSE:BARK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Is QRTEB or BARK more profitable?

Qurate Retail has a net margin of -2.71% compared to BARK's net margin of -6.20%. Qurate Retail's return on equity of 23.22% beat BARK's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Qurate Retail	-2.71%	23.22%	0.92%
BARK	-6.20%	-17.69%	-7.84%

Which has more risk & volatility, QRTEB or BARK?

Qurate Retail has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BARK has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in QRTEB or BARK?

2.3% of Qurate Retail shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.8% of BARK shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Qurate Retail shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of BARK shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate QRTEB or BARK?

BARK has a consensus price target of $1.90, indicating a potential upside of 13.55%. Given BARK's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BARK is more favorable than Qurate Retail.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Qurate Retail	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
BARK	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, QRTEB or BARK?

BARK has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Qurate Retail. BARK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qurate Retail, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Qurate Retail	$10.92B	0.10	-$145M	-$0.71	-3.94
BARK	$490.18M	0.59	-$37.01M	-$0.18	-9.30

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer QRTEB or BARK?

Qurate Retail received 184 more outperform votes than BARK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.78% of users gave Qurate Retail an outperform vote while only 36.59% of users gave BARK an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Qurate Retail	Outperform Votes 199 62.78%	Underperform Votes 118 37.22%
BARK	Outperform Votes 15 36.59%	Underperform Votes 26 63.41%

Does the media prefer QRTEB or BARK?

In the previous week, BARK had 5 more articles in the media than Qurate Retail. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for BARK and 3 mentions for Qurate Retail. Qurate Retail's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat BARK's score of 0.10 indicating that Qurate Retail is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Qurate Retail	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BARK	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

BARK beats Qurate Retail on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.